Bode, Author at National Accord Newspaper

NCC revises determination on USSD pricing

Bode August 5, 2020

…Initiates fresh engagement with stakeholders The Nigerian Communications Commission, in furtherance of its mandate to protect the interests of consumers and support a robust telecommunications sector, has revised its Determination on Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) pricing published on the 23rd of July, 2019. The amendment was necessitated following a...

LUNGE President’s death, a great loss – Ekiti NLC

Ogun partners NLC on improved business environment, workers’ welfare

Bode August 5, 2020

EHIME ALEX, Lagos The Ogun State Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment said it is ready to partner the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on improving business environment and workers’ welfare in various industries across the state. Commissioner for Industry, Trade and Investment, Mrs Kikelomo Longe, stated when the State...

Agba outlines FG’s plan to lift 100m people out of poverty in 10 yrs

Bode August 5, 2020

Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Prince Clem Ikanade Agba, said in Abuja that the medium-term national development plans (MTNDPs 2021-2025 and 2026-2030) were about lifting 100 million Nigerians out of poverty in the next 10 years. Agba told the Civil Society Think Tank Group on Development...

Police parade 45 Boko Haram terrorists, kidnappers, others in Borno

Bode August 5, 2020

From SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Borno State Police Command has arrested and paraded 45 suspects involved in Boko Haram terrorism, kidnapping, armed robbery, rustling, fraud, theft and other crimes across the state. Addressing newsmen in Maiduguri on Wednesday, the Borno State Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Aliyu Ndatsu said ...

FG reiterates commitment to tackle food insecurity

Farmers seek FG support to buoy up rubber production

Bode August 5, 2020

By EMMA OBI, Calabar – Rubber farmers, processors and other stakeholders in the industry have called on the Federal Government to introduce measures that will buoy up the production of rubber and rubber processing in the country. The stakeholders are of the opinion that government could assist the farmers...

Prince Agba commiserates with former Edo Speaker on mother’s death

Bode August 5, 2020

Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Prince Clem Ikanade Agba, has commiserated with a former Speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Elizabeth Ativie, on the death of her mother. In a condolence letter to Hon. Ativie, Prince Agba described her mother’s passing as...

SERAP condemns Nigerian Government for attacks on #RevolutionNow protesters

Bode August 5, 2020

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has strongly condemned reported violent attacks on #RevolutionNow protesters in Abuja, Osogbo and other parts of the country. “The government of President Muhammadu Buhari must end the use of excessive force against protesters, and allow people to peacefully exercise their human rights,” it...

Health workers’ union embarks on indefinite strike in Bauchi

Bode August 5, 2020

ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi Bauchi State Chapter of the Joint Health Sector Union and Assembly of Health Care Professionals, has directed its members to embark on an indefinite strike from Thursday, August 6, 2020. This was contained in a letter signed by the State Secretary, Usman Danturaki, which was addressed...

CEOs of Flying Doctors, NASENI, DICON, Lifebank, others named as top ten Covid-19 innovators

Bode August 5, 2020

The Top10 magazine, Nigeria’s foremost monthly publication has released the list of Nigeria’s top 10 Covid-19 innovators contributing to the fight against coronavirus pandemic in the country. In the latest edition of the magazine which looks at innovative solutions in support of the fight against covid-19 pandemic in Nigeria,...

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Global coalition concern over persistent arrests of journalists, threats on media freedoms in Zimbabwe

Bode August 5, 2020

EHIME ALEX, Lagos A global coalition of civil organisations and institutions in defence for human rights have expressed great concern over the growing threat on media freedom and arrest of journalists in Zimbabwe in recent times. This was contained in a statement on Wednesday issued by Paradigm Initiative and...

Marketers FCT N125 Per litre – NAN Reports

PPMC fixes ex-depot price of petrol at N138.62 per litre

Bode August 5, 2020

The downstream subsidiary of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Petroleum Products Marketing Company (PPMC), has fixed the ex-depot price of premium motor spirit (PMS), known as petrol at N138.62 per litre. PPMC disclosed this in a memo signed by its Manager, Sales, Mohammed Bello, in Abuja, on Tuesday. The...

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Nutritional benefits of Sardines By VERA AWUAH

Bode August 5, 2020

VERA AWUAH honnyveea3@gmail.com – – Sardines have been around for centuries. These small fish are said to be named after Sardinia, an island of Italy because of the abundance that could be found there. While Sardines can be enjoyed fresh, they are highly perishable. This is they are most...

Nigeria’s total COVID-19 infections now 44,433 as NCDC announces 304 new cases, 910 deaths

Bode August 5, 2020

Nigeria’s COVID-19 total cases have now reached 44,433 after the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced 304 new cases and 910 deaths from infections in the country. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle on Tuesday. Data from the health agency showed that the 304...

Dogara’s defection meaningless, done for his own selfish interest – Group

Bode August 4, 2020

*We’ll soon take action on Dogara – PDP ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi Some constituents of the former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara under the auspices of Concerned Citizens of Bogoro/Dass/Tafawa Balewa Federal Constituency have described his defection to the All Progressives Congress as “meaningless” and one done...

Degenerating security situation to dominate 14th NGF teleconference

Bode August 4, 2020

By MBAFAN ADE, Abuja – The 14th Teleconference meeting of the Nigeria governors’ Forum (NGF), is holding on August 5, with the rapidly degenerating security situation in the country expected to feature very prominently. Not unexpectedly, in line with the security and policing swamp that the country has found...

Mixed reactions as schools reopen in Cross River

Bode August 4, 2020

By EMMA OBI, Calabar – There are mixed reactions as some schools in Cross River State reopened on Tuesday following Federal Government’s directives to this effect. While some people are impressed with Governor Ben Ayade’s administration’s efforts in meeting the Covid- 9 protocols in the provision of necessary facilities...

President Buhari in a meeting with service chiefs at State House, Abuja.

Security Challenge: Buhari orders security chiefs to rejig strategy

Bode August 4, 2020

President Muhammadu Buhari has challenged the nation security agencies to rejig their strategies, both in terms of operation and intelligence, in the ongoing battle against insurgency, banditry and other violent crimes in some parts of the country. The National Security Adviser (NSA) to the President, retired Maj-Gen. Babagana Mongonu,...

FG to resume Digital Switch Over roll out soonest – Lai Mohammed

Bode August 4, 2020

The Federal Government has said it would “very soon’ resume the roll out of Digital Switch Over (DSO), a transition from analogue to digital television broadcasting, across the country. Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed stated this on Tuesday in Lagos at a ceremony to unveil the new...

‘It’s inhuman to justify killings in Southern Kaduna’ – Senator Shehu Sani

Bode August 4, 2020

EDDY OCHIGBO, Kaduna Immediate past Senator, Kaduna Central Senatorial district, Shehu Sani, has condemned the worsening insecurity in Southern Kaduna, maintaining that whenever a people face cruelty, genocide, massacre and all kinds of atrocities, it is the moral duty of every man or woman with conscience to lend his...

Social housing and the spirit of Jakande in Cross River

Bode August 4, 2020

By Jerome-Mario Utomi Justice according to Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy is centrally a matter of how individuals are treated, it is also possible to speak of justice for groups – for example when the state is allocating resources between different categories of citizens. Here each group is being treated...